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as in fires
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force
BB guns shoot small round metal pellets
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as in pops
to strike with a missile from a gun
hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season
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as in rushes
to proceed or move quickly
some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope
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as in photographs
to take a photograph of
shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted
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as in casts
to throw or give off
suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks
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as in shouts
to voice one's opinions freely with force
you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot
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8
as in sprinkles
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
hazel eyes that were brown shot with green
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as in sends
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news
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1
as in limbs
a branch of a main stem especially of a plant
collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making
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as in pains
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down
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Recent Examples of shoots
David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
Ben Simmons #25 of the Los Angeles Clippers shoots the ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half at Intuit Dome on March 23, 2025 in Inglewood, California.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
In the finale, Rick shoots Jim, setting off a line of crossfire that ultimately kills his girlfriend Chelsea (Amy Lou Wood) before Sritala (Lek Patravadi) reveals that Jim was actually Rick’s father.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Apatow shoots her mother with obvious affection, especially in her scenes opposite Dora.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
The squat, rectangular robot has a reservoir for tennis balls on top, a slot that shoots them on the front, and wheels in each corner on the bottom.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
There’s a park about a 15-minute walk away where Espinoza shoots hoops.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Elba’s character then shoots some hoops and shares how sports have changed his life.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Eventually enough new magma accumulates to force the degassed magma off, and the magma shoots out like a Champagne bottle that was shaken before the cork was popped.
—CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
In particular, there will be many images that now can be created without shoots.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
After the end of the flashy Peak TV era, Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television Group chair and chief creative officer, sees green shoots signaling a hopeful recovery for the global TV business.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
When To Divide Hostas Spring is the best time to divide hostas because the shoots are emerging and the leaves haven’t fully unfurled.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Tina Barney and Vanessa Beecroft contribute fashion shoots, while Jeff Koons sits down for an expansive interview.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
From 1923 to 1940, Martinů lived in Paris, and turned out enough up-to-the-minute works—about soccer, silent-movie shoots, transatlantic flights—that he could have been mistaken for a seventh member of Les Six.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
She is represented by the international modeling agency New York Model Management and has worked on various campaigns and shoots over the years.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The system works by allowing all HoDs on a production access to a central system that updates them on decision making and up-to-the-minute information on shoots.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
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An officer then shoots Hill multiple times with a pepper gun and tells him to get on the ground.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
Ben Simmons #25 of the Los Angeles Clippers shoots the ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half at Intuit Dome on March 23, 2025 in Inglewood, California.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
In the finale, Rick shoots Jim, setting off a line of crossfire that ultimately kills his girlfriend Chelsea (Amy Lou Wood) before Sritala (Lek Patravadi) reveals that Jim was actually Rick’s father.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Apatow shoots her mother with obvious affection, especially in her scenes opposite Dora.
—Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
The squat, rectangular robot has a reservoir for tennis balls on top, a slot that shoots them on the front, and wheels in each corner on the bottom.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
There’s a park about a 15-minute walk away where Espinoza shoots hoops.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Elba’s character then shoots some hoops and shares how sports have changed his life.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Eventually enough new magma accumulates to force the degassed magma off, and the magma shoots out like a Champagne bottle that was shaken before the cork was popped.
—CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
My friend had heard that this grass was special because of its rhizomes, underground stems that spread, out of which shoots and roots emerge from each of its nodes or joints along the stem.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
In particular, there will be many images that now can be created without shoots.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
After the end of the flashy Peak TV era, Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television Group chair and chief creative officer, sees green shoots signaling a hopeful recovery for the global TV business.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
When To Divide Hostas Spring is the best time to divide hostas because the shoots are emerging and the leaves haven’t fully unfurled.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Tina Barney and Vanessa Beecroft contribute fashion shoots, while Jeff Koons sits down for an expansive interview.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
From 1923 to 1940, Martinů lived in Paris, and turned out enough up-to-the-minute works—about soccer, silent-movie shoots, transatlantic flights—that he could have been mistaken for a seventh member of Les Six.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
She is represented by the international modeling agency New York Model Management and has worked on various campaigns and shoots over the years.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The system works by allowing all HoDs on a production access to a central system that updates them on decision making and up-to-the-minute information on shoots.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoots
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Bolt action rifles mean one pull of the trigger fires a round, then a shooter must manually chamber another round.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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North Korea fires solid rocket motor.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Still, Smollett maintains his innocence and blasts the police as fabricators.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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The Tortured Poets Department Returns to Two Charts The Tortured Poets Department blasts onto both the Official Album Sales and Official Physical Albums charts.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Macaroni and cheese is Drew Barrymore’s favorite meal and pops up frequently on her talk show.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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What happens is something like the Charlotte Latino Film Festival pops up and people go look at all these festivals.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Where at one time soldiers and sailors made do with fluttering flags or flashes of light to send simple messages, the modern warfighter is part of a global digital network where data rushes about like water out of a firehose and satellites act as a vital link in that network.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
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Beard would finish on the ground with 3 rushes for 20 yards and a single score.—
Chris Winters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Nelson photographs Volcano Bay, a water park in Orlando that’s built around a two-hundred-foot-tall model of Krakatau, and the Longleat safari park, west of London, which offers close encounters with animals usually found in Africa, South America, and Australia.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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Beyond vaccines and autism, the MAHA plan casts a wider net, targeting ultraprocessed food, water quality, fluoride exposure, and the use of prescription drugs in children.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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But the Farm Bill casts a long shadow.—
Robert Hoban,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Joe shouts as the snarling lobos close in.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
5 Sep. 2025
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Kylie, 33, shouts in the background, trying to prevent an accident.—
Georgia Slater,
People.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The device sends signals around the clock in someone who has Parkinson’s, but Shirvalkar thought a constant signal wouldn’t work for chronic pain because the brain can become acclimated to the impulses and essentially override them.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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However, the message that this deflection sends, even if unintentionally, is that your partner is really the one to blame.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Shoots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoots. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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